diff --git a/sched/sched/sched_sysinfo.c b/sched/sched/sched_sysinfo.c
index 4edefd8a7a1..081ea81c7e3 100644
--- a/sched/sched/sched_sysinfo.c
+++ b/sched/sched/sched_sysinfo.c
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@
 int sysinfo(FAR struct sysinfo *info)
 {
 #ifndef CONFIG_SCHED_CPULOAD_NONE
-  struct cpuload_s cpuload;
+  struct cpuload_s cpuload =
+  {
+    0,
+    0
+  };
+
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_MM_PGALLOC
   struct pginfo_s pginfo;